It was good to get away to Auckland, to the relative normality of life without earthquakes and liquefaction, but it is good to be going home today. I feel it is a two edged sword, I want to go home to its familiarity, and in some way its routine. But on the other hand, it has been good to be away from the every day stresses and strains of life. Soon my stay here will be just another memory and all I will be left with are my photos and mind pictures and a suitcase of dirty washing!
Happy Holidays.
Best wishes, Barbara.
Sunday 22 January 2012
Wednesday 18 January 2012
My Parent's Wedding
18 January 1941
It was war time, snowing and the church was as cold as an Eskimo's nose! Most wartime brides weren't able to be married in a long white wedding dress because of war shortages and lack of clothing coupons which were needed to buy anything that you wore or to purchase fabric. However, some how my mother managed to obtain extra coupons and was one of the only brides of that time to wear a long, white velvet wedding dress, rouched at the front and with silver shoes peeping from it. She even managed pale blue velvet for her bridesmaids. She wasn't quite so lucky in obtaining enough icing sugar for a white iced wedding cake, but somehow did get enough cocoa for a two-tier chocolate wedding cake. Unfortunately, there wasn't to be too much privacy for my parent's wedding night, when the sirens sounded and all the guests including Mum and Dad made for the underground station shelter for the night! On their return they crept into their bedroom only to find my grandmother curled asleep in their bed oblivious to the air raid warnings! They hadn't the heart to wake her. So much for a romantic start to their marriage. Had they lived, today would have been their 71st wedding anniversary.
Best wishes
Barbara
It was war time, snowing and the church was as cold as an Eskimo's nose! Most wartime brides weren't able to be married in a long white wedding dress because of war shortages and lack of clothing coupons which were needed to buy anything that you wore or to purchase fabric. However, some how my mother managed to obtain extra coupons and was one of the only brides of that time to wear a long, white velvet wedding dress, rouched at the front and with silver shoes peeping from it. She even managed pale blue velvet for her bridesmaids. She wasn't quite so lucky in obtaining enough icing sugar for a white iced wedding cake, but somehow did get enough cocoa for a two-tier chocolate wedding cake. Unfortunately, there wasn't to be too much privacy for my parent's wedding night, when the sirens sounded and all the guests including Mum and Dad made for the underground station shelter for the night! On their return they crept into their bedroom only to find my grandmother curled asleep in their bed oblivious to the air raid warnings! They hadn't the heart to wake her. So much for a romantic start to their marriage. Had they lived, today would have been their 71st wedding anniversary.
Best wishes
Barbara
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